March 19, 2024 "Show up and come prepared to do the work." Nancy Stroud offered that synopsis of how she and a number of the other women on this morning's panel took the entry-level jobs they were offered in the '60s and '70s as banks first began hiring Blacks for career positions, and made ... Continue Reading →
Helping MWBEs thrive in the construction industry
March 12, 2024 Today’s presenters have had much to do with helping minority contractors find their niche in Mecklenburg private and public construction projects. Young people: Listen to the stories from the presenters. Listen to the many successful minority contractors who spoke during the ... Continue Reading →
Reviving the Beatties Ford Road corridor
Feb. 27, 2024 “Are we telling the right stories?” Developer Christopher Dennis said people who never visit the Beatties Ford Road corridor love to tell stories about the corridor’s challenges, from crime and drugs to homelessness and mental health issues. What if Beatties Ford residents wrote ... Continue Reading →
Having mentors made all the difference
Jan. 9, 2024 Daks McClettie was working in an Allstate call center when agency owner Bob White invited him to join him. A mentoring relationship was born, as White taught the younger man the tools – and the soft skills – of the trade. Later, Howard Johnson Jr. played the same role at a State Farm ... Continue Reading →
Amid success stories, a warning
Dec. 20, 2023 A report from MyFutureNC on North Carolina’s educational attainment is full of success stories – and a huge warning about an issue employers may be ignoring and will ignore only at their own peril. The report was updated today following its August submission to the Joint ... Continue Reading →
Fed Richmond tracks rural-urban poverty divides
June 27, 2023 The Congressional mandate that the Federal Reserve encourge consumer protection and community development ... who does that? Listen to Carrie Cook fast-walk through a complex area of U.S. finance and you will get a better idea. There is no way a few paragraphs here can summarize. ... Continue Reading →
Dorsey shuts down ‘The Plug’, chronicler of Blacks in tech
March 15, 2023 Six years ago to the month, a young, determined entrepreneur addressed the Forum. She was asked what Charlotte could do to attract more young, determined entrepreneurs to the city. “I Iike real simple steps" she said. "I don’t think we need 20-40 page business plans. I ... Continue Reading →
Giving all a chance to bid to serve Charlotte area visitors
Feb. 14, 2023 Anthony Shelborne just wanted a link on the Forum's website for material from the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority. Facilitator Laura McClettie knew that Shelborne also had a story to tell. This morning Forum participants heard that story – not a personal rags-to-riches yarn, ... Continue Reading →
Building businesses: Seeing ways to work together
Dec. 6, 2022 The four presenters wore different hats, and were in a variety of economic sectors. The ventures that their business lives revolve around are in different phases of the business life cycle. But all seemed to share an interest in getting better through collaboration – not just among ... Continue Reading →
Hall defied the odds to lead a training center for construction trades
Nov. 29, 2022 Frances Hall grew up surrounded by the old ways. She grew up around people gainfully employed in the trades. They took her to job sites, taught her about reading, about blueprints, about the math so essential in construction. She experienced how important it was that one generation ... Continue Reading →
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